...by minds of a less order, is contained in the following letter to a friend from Adrianople : — " Those dreadful stories you have heard of the plague...much ado to reconcile myself to the sound of a word which has always given me such terrible ideas, though I am convinced there is little more in it than...

...Italians, that are under our protection, make their court to me from morning till night; and, I'll assure you, are many of them very fine ladies ; for...under this government but by the protection of an embassador — and the richer they are, the greater their danger. Those dreadful stories you have heard...